HERRO EVAHBUDDY!
:)
got the
CALL
from JONPAUL
and he's comin down to the studio
this week for the interview/centerfold pictorial for Tiki magazine...
i hope my tapa speedo will suffice.... :lol:
so i figgered i'd better get it in gear and Tikify the Library
and redo my art-makin room...
wouldn't want a messy studio...
You can see those on Sneak's thread...
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=19049&forum=18&start=225&226
took a good 6 hours,but i was pleased with the outcome!
it feels soooo good to work and know where everything is...
and even tho it's musty and dusty
it appears neat,but well-worked in...
Any of y'all are invited! PM me and make it happen!
Free Tour every visit!
anyways...
Chongo! :lol:
Dude ! I keep thinking of the way you say "RRRRRandy!" on your old answering machine!
now THAT is lol!
more of the woodburning saga ahead!
Glad you like the view my friend...
it seems that a lot of the artists are jumping onto the next level!
see what a bunch of kookies can accomplish
when they share art,thoughts, techniques and a common subject matter?
each of you guys imbibe that work with that awesome terrible power of the originals
but temper it with the polypop humor and sensibility...
It seems like this family we have here has birthed a bunch of
really special creations...
wow....
LOL Tiki-Thank you!
the fact that that piece just kinda spilled out is what made it so successful....
with no reference but a foggy fevered brain's visual recollections
the play element was important because it dropped the rules of
keeping the tikis in context/in a realistic setting..
and it turned out FUN! a double-smiley-super-deal!
if you want it, PM me and i'll send you the skinny on it..
PiGTOe-no my friend....
you RULEZ
you're a much better painter/drafstman
i'm just more retarded.....
you RULE!
in a SHRUNKEN HEAD HAMBURGER kind of way!
too bad you're CHICKENING OUT on tackling that 3x8 footer..
A BigTow 8 foot totem would be awesome!
it would take that scale to capture some great real detail in there!
and lots of it!
C'mon!
callin SHENANIGANS on yew...
Robb-Mahalo my Midwestern muse!
sorry about the singed synapses....
you'll adjust...be patient....
like i said to Chongo, there's a NEW WAVE of recent talent
that just livened up Tiki in such a fantastic way!
MUTUAL INSPIRATION PACT gang in full effect!
i assume you've received your membership card recently...
dues are quarterly :lol:
let's start off with how i usually paint
here's an OFFICIAL KEN"S EYE VIEW
of how i spend 12-20 hours a week
or MORE! :)
this is where i sits during
the drawings and smaller paintings....
tv/dvd for art documentarys/stereo/coffee/cigs...
well, with this huge 3xeighter,i been
paintin on me feet..
gettin all jazzercizing with it!
pacing and painting and backing up and "hmmmm"ing at it and mixing colors and
blaring Bach's Mass in B-Minor and Melvins...
here's the two studies-freshly scanned...
here it is after this weekend's work....
got a lot more color in there....got to do some initial lighting on the boat
and the faces and the overhead branches....
there's a glare on the arm areas that really isn't there....
and it's tickin me off! grrrr!
still lots of rough brushwork
but a slow steady hand for the black to define the other colors
to frame them......
the boat/oar/wave area is fun and blends
a flat decorative motif with dimensional elements
(you'll see more of this later when the shadowing starts)
transparency
movement
abstraction
all these will be addressed throughout the painting!
!!!
the red areas where the branches and leaves intesect looks
a lil bit odd right now
but will make sense later...
they appear to be in the midst of
realising they are lost....
subtle influence of GUSTAV KLIMT!
there's even metallic gold in areas of this! :)
Hoping to suggest a slow hesitant paddling of the crew.....
and of course....
the DOI-YOI-YOI prowboy....
Woodburning saga continues...
whilst spiffying up the place
decide to twist the woodburner and knock it repeatedly on the concrete floor
and plug it in to see if it got done fixed....
well Ma! it worked! it done worked!
so i started a Cannibal drummer
influencd by a zombie hut matchbook
and (subconciously) Lupo the Butcher
from Spike and mike's animation festivals
back in the day...werd...
got this much done and remembered that last time it overheated and
the tip melted off...
i got this far before it done MELTED OFF!
dang! that's hot!
i just gotta go get a new one....
here's the tipless tip on my cheesey woodburner....
Well...
still no scanner action
so i decided to give y'all a peek at them
so you wouldn't think i was slackin...
I promised I would replace these with real scans when all this squares itself away!
well, i got some of em scanned on my new WORK scanner!
YAY!
Here they is-what i gots so far...
"Three Brothers"
private collection,as of a few minutes ago.....
"study of Bird from a Iatmul lime container sculpture.PNG"
"Hungry Cannibal"
"the Greeting"
this time with some Maori fellows!
"the Forest Awakens"
"drawing inspired by paddle carving,Solomon Islands"
or... "Fishing"
private collection,as of a few minutes ago.....
"the Dinner Guest"
"the Crybaby"
this one was inspired by an OMC Ku candle in the book of Tiki..
original sketch for aborted woodburning...
"Cannibal Drummer"
"Cannibal and Appetizer"
"study for future surfboards"
"study of a bird from a carved wand-Admirality Islands"
"Hungry"
"Lost in the Jungle"
"Study for Marquesan Bowl"
this next one is a mystery!
Which way to hang it?
"Motif"-working title til i figger this out!
flipped!
"the Prized Shield"
"Inspired by Purari River Shield,PNG"
There ya go! All the scans!
YAWN!
G'night all!
I'm HUNGRY!
http://www.kenruzic.com
http://www.myspace.com/kenruzicdotcom
[ Edited by: little lost tiki 2008-10-09 11:40 ]
